Bullets will not restore peace, says the Evangelical Lutheran church’s Bishop Giegere Wenge. He was referring to the shooting of five men by police at Bumayong.
For background to riots in Lae click on the link to the Washington Post.
Wenge was addressing a meeting in Lae attended by women and youth groups from churches and ethnic communities to find ways to resolve the violence on the highlanders reportedly caused by Morobeans.
“The violence has opened the eyes of the churches and questioned where their position is because there are so many ministries in the settlements and around the city and yet nothing has been done to create peace and harmony,” a women’s group leader said.
Speakers stressed that the churches must work together with the government to find lasting solutions to social problems.
They said unemployment and poverty were contributing factors as youths try to find means and ways to survive.
Source
- The National
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